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The Many Uses of Nuclear Technology

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Today most people are aware of the important contribution nuclear energy makes in providing about 10% of the world's low-carbon electricity. The widespread and important applications of nuclear te...

Radioisotopes & Research

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Radioisotopes in Consumer Products

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The function of many common consumer products is dependent on the use of small amounts of radioactive material.

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Radioisotopes in Food & Agriculture

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Sealed radioactive sources are used in industrial radiography, gauging applications and mineral analysis. Gamma sterilisation is used for medical supplies, some bulk commodities and food preserva...

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Radioisotopes in Industry

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Sealed radioactive sources are used in industrial radiography, gauging applications and mineral analysis. Gamma sterilisation is used for medical supplies, some bulk commodities and food preserva...

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Radioisotopes in Medicine

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Radiotherapy can be used to treat some medical conditions, especially cancer. Tens of millions of nuclear medicine procedures are performed each year, and demand for radioisotopes is increasing r...

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Radioisotopes in Water Resources & the Environment

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Sealed radioactive sources are used in industrial radiography, gauging applications and mineral analysis. Gamma sterilization is used for medical supplies, some bulk commodities and food preserva...

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Research Reactors

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Many of the world's nuclear reactors are used for research and training, materials testing, or the production of radioisotopes for medicine and industry. There are about 220 such reactors ope...

Industry

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Potable water is in short supply in many parts of the world. Lack of it is set to become a constraint on development in some areas. Nuclear energy is already being used for desalination, and has the p...

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Nuclear Process Heat for Industry

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Nuclear energy is an excellent source of process heat for various industrial applications including desalination, synthetic and unconventional oil production, oil refining, biomass-based ethanol produ...

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Peaceful Nuclear Explosions

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The USA and Russia have investigated and trialled the use of nuclear explosions for civil engineering purposes, though only one significant construction resulted: a dam in Kazakhstan. Some 150 experim...

Transport

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Nuclear Reactors for Space

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Radioisotope power sources have been an important source of energy in space since 1961. Fission power sources have been used mainly by Russia, but new and more powerful designs are under development i...

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Nuclear-Powered Ships

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Over 160 ships are powered by more than 200 small nuclear reactors. Most are submarines, but they range from icebreakers to aircraft carriers. In future, constraints on fossil fuel use in tr...